PRAETEXTA

Definition: PRAETEXTA

PRAETEXTA

Noun

1. A white robe with a purple border, worn by a Roman boy before he was entitled to wear the toga virilis, or until about the completion of his fourteenth year, and by girls until their marriage. It was also worn by magistrates and priests.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Etymology: Praetexta \Pr[ae]*tex"ta\, noun; plural Pr[ae]text[ae], English Pr[ae]textas. [Latin expression (sc. toga), from praetextus, past participle of praetexere to weave before, to fringe, border; prae before texere to weave.]. (Websters 1913)

"PRAETEXTA" is a common misspelling or typo for: pretext.

Usage Frequency: PRAETEXTA

"PRAETEXTA" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "PRAETEXTA" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Expression: PRAETEXTA

Rhyming with "PRAETEXTA"

Words rhyming with "PRAETEXTA" (pronounced 'Pr[ae]*tex"ta'): Abranchiata, Albata, Amanita, Amniota, Amrita, Annellata, Annulata, Anotta, Anta, Aorta, Aplacentata, Appendiculata, Aprocta, Argonauta, Arista, Articulata, Atlanta, Avesta, Bafta, Ballista, Baryta, Basta, Battuta, Berretta, beta, Bonetta, Brachiata, Burletta, Cantata, Carromata, Catallacta, Caudata, Cephalata, Charta, Chiretta, Chordata, Cicuta, Ciliata, Cirrobranchiata, Coaita, Codetta, Comedietta, Costa, Cotta, Craniota, Crusta, Cryptobranchiata, Cuesta, Decacerata, Deciduata. (additional references)

Anagrams: PRAETEXTA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-p-r-t-t-x"
	-2 letters: pretext.
	-3 letters: aerate, expert, pattee, patter, petter, pretax, repeat, retape, tapeta.
	-4 letters: apart, apter, areae, arete, attar, eater, etape, exert, expat, extra, parae, pater, peart, perea, peter, prate, reata, retax, taper, tatar, tater, taxer, tetra, trapt, treat.
	-5 letters: aper, apex, area, atap, para, pare, part, pate, pear, peat, peer, pert, prat, pree, prex, rape.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-p-r-t-t-x"
	+1 letter: expatriate.
	+2 letters: expatriated, expatriates, extrapolate.
	+3 letters: extrahepatic, extrapolated, extrapolates.
	+4 letters: extrapolative.
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